Kernel (The Kernel) East India Pale Ale London 1897

Tasting Summary

These comments are the opinion of the individual reviewer and represent what they thought of the beer on a particular day in a particular pub. If a review is less favourable, it may be because the beer suffered somewhere in the supply chain between them and the brewery.

Dulwich Beer Festival 2026, East Dulwich, Greater London

Who	Score	When	Notes
Hogan Sampling		22 May 2026	6th beer of this visit: Served with good head and lacing and almost lasting on this British IPA from this Bermondsey-based brewery in south-east London founded in September 2009 and now located at Dockley Road Industrial Estate and also known as the Spa Terminus. Based on an 1897 Fuller’s recipe, it arrived on my taste buds with lashings of fruitiness with a marmalade-infused orange zestiness and orange-honey positively tap dancing on my tongue. A touch of maltiness from its Golden Promise (a heritage English malting barley) and Dextrin malt. A dry spicy bitterness rising from its traditional British varieties, Goldings and Challenger, lending flavourings of a hedgerow, grass, and a touch of tea. A dry hoppy herbal bitterness spouting downwards with hints of tea for the vicar. Served in very fine fettle and more tea, vicar, if you please!

The Green Goddess, Blackheath, Greater London

Who	Score	When	Notes
Philip Pirrip		21 May 2026	London 1897 recipe version. Tasty but needed more natural carbonation